Head to London’s National Theatre for final weekend of popular show wonder.land

Published on : Saturday, January 30, 2016

If you are in London, head to the National Theatre for the final weekend of wonder.land, the ground-breaking show written by Blur’s Damon Albarn. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, wonder.land tells the story of Aly, a 12-year-old misfit who escapes into an extraordinary virtual world.

Welcome to wonder.land, where you can be exactly who you want to be. Bullied at school and unhappy at home, Aly, 12, loves this extraordinary virtual world and wonder.land offers an escape.

Online, Aly becomes Alice: brave, beautiful and in control. But some of the people she meets – the weird Dum and Dee, the creepy Cheshire Cat, the terrifying Red Queen – seem strangely familiar. And as hard as Aly tries to keep them apart, real life and wonder.land begin to collide in ever more curious and dangerous ways.

wonder.land is written by Damon Albarn and Moira Buffini, and is designed by Rae Smith, with projections by 59 Productions and lighting by Paule Constable, the design team behind War Horse. It’s directed by Rufus Norris.